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English III Honors     Speech I & II   Drama

 

‘Don't go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.' --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lesson Plans

For all classes:

 "How to Write Effective Answers Presentation"  

Oct 6-10

 

 

Monday

 

Tuesday

Wednesday

 

 

Thursday

Quiz!!!

Friday

Sunshine State  Standards

English 11th grade Honors

Objective Students will write a rough draft for their Literary Analysis Papers.

Bell work:  Writer’s Inc. p 61. Write the rules in your own words and then write an example for you to remember.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… use MLA format in formal writing.

 Handout:  Literary Analysis Check off paper.

Reading  : NA

Homework:  Portfolios. 

 

Objective : Students will.... write a rough draft for their Literary Analysis Papers

Bell work:  Writer’s Inc p 62.  Write the rules in your own words and then write an example for you to remember. Packet Page 204.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…write a rhetorical analysis.    

Handouts:  Literary Analysis Check off paper

Reading  : Give me Liberty…/ Sinners in the Hands …

Homework: Portfolios

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will … write a rough draft for their Literary Analysis Papers.  Rough Drafts are due today: hand written and typed copies.

Bell work:  Writer’s Inc p 63.  Write the rules in your own words and then write an example to remember.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… turn in the rough draft in order using the check-off list handed out to students in class.

 Reading : Literary Analysis Check off paper

Homework:  Portfolios

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will learn about The Enlightenment Movements of American Literature.  

Students will silent read.  

Bell work: Sparks Notes 137

 Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…N/A

Reading :  Give me Liberty…/ Sinners in the Hands …

Homework: Bring Silent Reading Books

 

 Status of the Class :  

 On Fridays students are to bring a self-selected book that is for college reading.  Students should be maintaining, as they read, a vocabulary book mark.  The book mark is to help students learn words they do not understand from their readings. 

There is a nine weeks assignment for this reading on their portfolio sheet.

Homework: Portfolios

 

 

Speech

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize the elements of a speaking situation including: Context, Audience, etc…Students will create a list of the tasks that need to be done to complete their projects and then delegate them to team members. Due Tuesday, October 7th.

We will review the answers from our Context Activity.

Bell work:  What is encoding? What is decoding? Give me an example of each.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… recognize the elements of a speaking situation…con’t

Reading None at this time

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize the elements of a speaking situation including: Context, Audience, etc…

Bell work:  What is an unintentional message? What is an intentional message?  

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading None at this time

Notes Quiz:

Elements of a Speech

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to understand that developing a strategy is important to the success of their speech.  Students will create a flipchart for their notes.  The flipchart is due at the end of taking notes.

Bell work: What does historical context mean? What does psychological mean?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… think ahead in planning for speeches.  Students will create a flip chart that will aid in their use of developing a speech.

 

 

Reading : None at this time

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will …con’t from yesterday.  Students will create a tool to help them determine a speech topic such as a survey, questionnaire, or poll.

Bell work:  “Mock survey.”

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… use different methods to determining speech topic selection such as surveys, questionnaires, polls, etc…

 

Reading  None at this time.

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able understand that speeches should come from personal experience.

Bell work:  Tell me a story that happened to you.  Write 5 sentences or more.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  think of good speech topics.

Reading:  Chapter 3

 

Drama

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to read Act V. They will work on timing.

Students will choose 10 lines to memorize from their parts by this Wednesday. They will have to write down their lines on 10 cards.  Memorization will be performed on  October 7th.

Bell work:   What does this quote mean? Write five sentences!  “Art is collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”

Model Lesson:   Ms. J will demonstrate how to … look for ways to interpret the play through facial expressions, body positioning, hand gestures, actions, verbals and non-verbal.

QUIZ DAY

Memory lines reading today!

Acts I-V will be due tomorrow with notes and highlighting!

Objective:  At the end of the lesson students will be able to recite ten lines they selected to read. This will be a quiz grade.  Students will be able to continue reading Act VI.

Bell work:  What does this quote mean? Write five sentences! “ Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to read Acts VI for the proper emotional contents of the play.  They will work on timing.  Scripts with Acts I-V highlighted with notes are due today for a quiz grade.

Bell work:  What does this quote mean? Write five sentences! “Let each man exercise the art he knows.”

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading: TB&TR

 

Vocabulary  MINI-Quiz!

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able understand and use vocabulary in a drama setting. Students will play Jeopardy with the vocabulary they have learned.

Bell work:  What does this quote mean? Write five sentences! “Art is born of the observations and investigations of nature.”

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… learn vocabulary through playing jeopardy.

Reading: TB&TR

 

Objective: : At the end of the lesson students will be able to improve  improvisational, pantomiming, and confidence by playing “What are you doing?”

Bell work:  What was your favorite quote this week? Why was it your favorite quote? Please write at least five sentences explaining why.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… pantomime  and develop self confidence through different improv scenarios.

Reading: TB&TR

 

 

 

 

 

Sept 29- Oct 3

TT= The Tempest

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

 

Thursday

Quiz!!!

Friday

Sunshine State  Standards

English 11th grade Honors

Objective Students will understand MLA format.  Students will recognize substandard language in writing. 

Bell work:  Writer’s Inc. p 98. Write the rules in your own words and then write an example for you to remember.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… use MLA format in formal writing.

 Handout:  MLA handbook  

Reading  : NA

Homework:  Bring Text books Tomorrow and Wednesday. 

 

Objective : Students will...understand the basic elements of a formal analysis essay. Students will understand double negatives, shift in and unparalleled construction.

Bell work:  Writer’s Inc p 99-101.  Write the rules in your own words and then write an example for you to remember.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…write a rhetorical analysis.    

Handouts:  1) Rubric 2) Give me Liberty & Sinners in the Hands  3) Sample Essay  

Reading  : Give me Liberty…/ Sinners in the Hands …

Homework: Portfolios

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to recognize rhetorical technique in the speeches: Give me Liberty../ Sinners in the Hands…

Bell work:  Sparks Notes 114

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… locate rhetorical technique.

 Reading : Give me Liberty…/ Sinners in the Hands …

Homework:  Portfolios

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be assessed as to their recall of facts and application of concepts from The Tempest.  

Bell work: Writer’s Inc Workbook  p. 216

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…find examples of rhetorical technique from the speech and then using critical thinking evaluate and interpret  its use in the speeches. 

Reading :  Give me Liberty…/ Sinners in the Hands …

Homework: Portfolios

 

 Status of the Class :  

 On Fridays students are to bring a self-selected book that is for college reading.  Students should be maintaining, as they read, a vocabulary book mark.  The book mark is to help students learn words they do not understand from their readings. 

There is a nine weeks assignment for this reading on their portfolio sheet.

Homework: Portfolios

 

 

Speech

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize the elements of a speaking situation including: Context, Audience, etc…Students will create a list of the tasks that need to be done to complete their projects and then delegate them to team members. Due date will be this Friday.

We will review the answers from our Canons quiz.

Bell work:  Name ten things you will use in your diorama for physical setting (lights, indoors, outdoors, etc…)

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… recognize the elements of a speaking situation…con’tReading None at this time

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize the elements of a speaking situation including: Context, Audience, etc…

Bell work: Answer in complete sentences: Who will be your source, message, and  receivers.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading None at this time

Notes Quiz: N/A

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize the elements of a speaking situation including: Context, Audience, etc….

Bell work: Give me the examples from your diorama of the following: intentional and unintentional. Explain!!!

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading : None at this time.

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize the elements of a speaking situation including: Context, Audience, etc…

Bell work:  List the members in your group.  Now, tell me what each person has been doing to help out.  If there is one person that hasn’t been helping out start their name! 

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

 

Reading  None at this time.

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to…  locate,  define, and analyze vocabulary from our reading. Choose  10 words. 

Bell work:  For the person who hasn’t been doing their share.  Write three constructive ways to let them know they need to do something.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading:  None at this time.

 

Drama

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to read Acts III and IV for the proper emotional contents of the play.  They will work on timing.

Students will choose 10 lines to memorize from their parts by this Wednesday. They will have to write down their lines on 10 cards.  Memorization will be performed on  October 7th.

Bell work:   What does this quote mean? Write five sentences!  “To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.”   Ken S. Keyes Jr.

Model Lesson:   Ms. J will demonstrate how to … look for ways to interpret the play through facial expressions, body positioning, hand gestures, actions, verbals and non-verbal.

Objective:  At the end of the lesson students will be able to read Acts IV and V for the proper emotional contents of the play.  They will work on timing.

Bell work:  What does this quote mean? Write five sentences! “The Drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.” By Minna Antrim

 

 

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… Ms. J will demonstrate how to … look for ways to interpret the play through facial expressions, body positioning, hand gestures, actions, verbals and non-verbal.

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to read Acts  V for the proper emotional contents of the play.  They will work on timing.  Scripts with Acts I-V highlighted with notes are due  today for a quiz grade.

Bell work: Tell me one of the lines that we have improved.  How does this improvement help the audience understand the play better? Write 5 sentences.   

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… Ms. J will demonstrate how to … look for ways to interpret the play through facial expressions, body positioning, hand gestures, actions, verbals and non-verbal. Reading: TB&TR

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to memorize 5 lines from their parts in the play

 

Bell work:  Tell me one of the lines that we have improved.  How does this improvement help the audience understand the play better? Write 5 sentences.  

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  Ms. J will demonstrate how to … look for ways to interpret the play through facial expressions, body positioning, hand gestures, actions, verbals and non-verbal. Reading: TB&TR

 

Quiz Day!

N/A

Objective: : At the end of the lesson students will be able to improve pantomiming. The Martha Game. .

Bell work:  Tell me one of the lines that we have improved.  How does this improvement help the audience understand the play better? Write 5 sentences.  

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… pantomime.

Reading: TB&TR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sept 22-26   

TT= The Tempest

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

 

Thursday

Friday

Sunshine State  Standards

English 11th grade Honors

Objective Students will … read The Tempest Act V.

Bell work:  Writing Natural  Sentences, Writer’s Inc p 89-90

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… define and identify theme and character.  

Reading  : The Tempest

Homework: Bring The Tempest

 

Objective : Students will...be able to identify the  major plot developments in The Tempest.

Bell work:  Writing Natural  Sentences, Writer’s Inc p 91-92

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…fill out reader’s guide for Plot Developments.    

Handout:

Reading  : The Tempest

Homework: Portfolios

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will illustrate knowledge of tone, mood, theme and plot. Students will take notes on MLA Format.

Bell work:  Writing Natural  Sentences, Writer’s Inc p 93-97

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… fill out reader’s guide for tone, mood, theme, and plot.

 Reading :  Bring TT

Homework:  Portfolios

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to recall vocabulary words.

Bell work: Writing Natural Sentences Writer’s Inc p. 89-97; Writer’s Inc workbook p. 222

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…use vocabulary connection sheet while playing matching game.

Reading :  The Tempest

Homework: Portfolios

 

 Status of the Class :  

 On Fridays students are to bring a self-selected book that is for college reading.  Students should be maintaining, as they read, a vocabulary book mark.  The book mark is to help students learn words they do not understand from their readings. 

There is a nine weeks assignment for this reading on their portfolio sheet.

 

 

Speech

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize the elements of a speaking situation including: Context, Audience, etc…

We will review the answers from our ethos, logos and pathos quiz and the questions from chapter one. 

Bell work:  What was your Mnemonic for the five Canons? Extra Credit: Shoe Boxes! 10 points.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… recognize the elements of a speaking situation.  

Reading None at this time

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to label and create a diagram of a speaking situation on a poster.  

Bell work: Define what the five canons are without looking!

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading None at this time

Notes Quiz: Canons of Rhetoric

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… finish presentations from yesterday.

Bell work: What did Aristotle do that was so great?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading : None at this time.

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… relate to others methods of overcoming fear. Handout on chapter 2.

Bell work:  What “noise” to you is distracting while you are trying to concentrate?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

 

Reading Chapter Two of The Quick and Effective way to Public Speaking.

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to…  locate,  define, and analyze vocabulary from our reading. Choose  10 words. 

Bell work: What is your “bad habit”? What can you do to improve?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading:  Chapter Two. The Quick and Effective way to Public Speaking.

 

Drama

Objective: Students will practice TB&TR with their groups (A or B). Students should in numerical order according to actor and work out motions.  Students will play emotional charades.

Bell work:    Tell me one of your lines that you have of which you have improved and how. 

Model Lesson:   Ms. J will demonstrate how to … look for ways to interpret the play through facial expressions, body positioning, hand gestures, actions, verbals and non-verbal.

Objective:  At the end of the lesson students will …finish their first read through with their group.

Bell work:  Tell me one of your lines that you have of which you have improved and how. 

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…highlight scripts for characters.

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be assigned a journal activity where they will record their cues (verbal, non-verbals, facial expressions, etc…)

Bell work: Tell me one of your lines that you have of which you have improved and how. 

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… Separate the parts of the play into acts.

Reading: TB&TR

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… continue second reading with journals.

Bell work:  Tell me one of your lines that you have of which you have improved and how. 

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  Read parts to practice.

Reading: TB&TR

 

Quiz Day!

N/A

Objective: : At the end of the lesson students should be able to… continue second reading with journals.

Bell work:  What was an “Aha!” moment for your group?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… Con’t

Reading: TB&TR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sept 15-19

T2= The Tempest

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sunshine State  Standards

English 11th grade Honors

Objective Students will … listen to a speaker.

Bell work:  Run-ons and Fragments, 205,207-208 in packet

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… tell the difference between a run-on and fragment.

 Reading  : None

Homework: Bring The Tempest tomorrow

 

 

Objective : Students will fill out reader’s guide for basic description of characters.

Bell work:  Sentence Modeling, pg 80

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… identify different characters in the tempest.  

Reading  : T2 Act II-III

Homework: Bring The Tempest

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will have read Act III of T2.

Bell work:  Sentence Modeling, pg 81

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…use visualization and Read Alouds to understand what events are developing in T2.

Reading :  T2 Act II- III

Homework:  NA

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will have read Act III of T2.

Bell work: Sentence Modeling, pg 82

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…use visualization and Read Alouds to understand what events are developing in T2.

Reading :  T2 Act II- III

Homework: NA

 

 Objective: At the end of the lesson students will have read Act IV of T2.

Bell work: Sentence Modeling, pg 82

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…use visualization and Read Alouds to understand what events are developing in T2.

Reading :  T2 Act IV

Homework: NA

 

 See Florida's Sunshine State Standards Here.

Speech

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize Ethos, Logos, and Pathos and write examples of each from the speaker.

Bell work:  Ethos, Logos, and Pathos chart.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… recognize ethos, logos, and pathos.

Reading None at this time

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… finish ethos, logos, and pathos, commercials and present them to the class.

Bell work:  Tell me about an example of ethos that you have heard on TV?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading None at this time

Notes Quiz: Ethos, Logos, Pathos

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… finish presentations from yesterday and Chapter One.

Bell work: Tell me about an example of logos that you have heard on TV?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading : Chapter one of quick and easy way to effective speaking.  

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… Give an effective impromptu speech for a specific situation. Students will turn in daily listening slips.

Bell work:  Tell me about an example of pathos that you have heard on TV?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading None

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… Give an effective impromptu speech for a specific situation.  Students will turn in daily listening slips.

Bell work: What is your “bad habit”? What can you do to improve?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading:  none.

 

Drama

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will recognize Ethos, Logos, and Pathos and write examples of each from the speaker

Bell work:   Tell me about the skit that Mr. Brown and Ms. J act out.  Who are the characters? What are the settings? What is the conflict? 

Model Lesson:   Ms. J will demonstrate how to … NA

Objective:  At the end of the lesson students will have parts for TB&TR.  Students will highlight their parts.

Bell work:  Think about what part you would like to perform in TB&TR?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…highlight scripts for characters.

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be assigned parts for TB&TR.

Bell work: What does the following quote mean?  Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… Separate the parts of the play into acts.

Reading: TB&TR

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… read TB&TR to practice their parts with partners.

Bell work:  How many different parts are there to the play?  What would you name the different parts?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  Read parts to practice.

Reading: TB&TR

 

Quiz Day!

N/A

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… read TB&TR to practice their parts with partners.

Bell work:  What does the following quote mean? Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.
Woody Allen

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… Con’t

Reading: TB&TR

 

 

 

 

 

Sept 8-12

T2= The Tempest

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sunshine State  Standards

English 11th grade Honors

Objective Students will be taking notes on “Eras of American Literature” handout. They should be able to understand what oral tradition is and its importance to societies. Students will look up words for the play The Tempest.

Bell work:  Writer’s 87-88

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading  : The Tempest (T2)

Homework: Bring The Tempest!!!

 

 

Objective : Students will take Cornell notes on the text elements of drama . Students should be able understands how dramas are constructed differently than other forms of literature.

Bell work:  Dangling Modifiers

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… look for text elements in dramas.

 Reading  : T2

Homework: Bring The Tempest

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students would have read the first act of T2 and understand the setting.

Bell work:  Run-ons

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…use visualization and Read Alouds to understand what events are developing in T2.

Reading Jamestown Article

Homework:

Vocabulary Connections sheet Due Thursday.

Bring The Tempest Friday

 

Quiz

on Reader’s guide packet for Jamestown

Bell work: Fragments

Jamestown reader’s guides are due today at the beginning of class! 

Status of the Class :  

 On Fridays students are to bring a self-selected book that is for college reading.  Students should be maintaining, as they read, a vocabulary book mark.  The book mark is to help students learn words they do not understand from their readings. 

There is a nine weeks assignment for this reading on their portfolio sheet.

 

Speech

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will have practiced their speech approx. 5 times with fellow classmates (rotations).  Students will use listen slips to help classmates with their speeches.

Bell work:  Write down your memorable remark?  What makes it so memorable? Is it an interesting quote or fact?

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… work practice rotations and writing a listening slip. Giving constructive criticism.  “ You did really good at…. I would work on…”

Reading None at this time

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… Give an effective impromptu speech for a specific situation. Students will turn in daily listening slips.

Bell work:  What is constructive criticism? What is not constructive criticism? Give me an example of each.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading None at this time

Notes Quiz: NA

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… Give an effective impromptu speech for a specific situation. Students will turn in daily listening slips.

 

Bell work: Think about your favorite speech yesterday.  What was so great about it? Tell me at least two things you liked.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading None at this time.

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… Give an effective impromptu speech for a specific situation. Students will turn in daily listening slips.

 

Bell work:  Think about your least favorite speech (no names).  Now what constructive criticism would you give that person to improve their speech?  Give me three criticisms.  

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to… NA

Reading None

Objective: At the end of the lesson students should be able to… Give an effective impromptu speech for a specific situation.  Students will turn in daily listening slips.

Bell work:  Write five transitions that you are thinking about using in your speech. 

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…  NA

Reading:  none.

 

 

Drama

Objective:  At the end of the lesson students will have parts for TB&TR.  Students will highlight their parts.

Bell work: Now that we have finished reading TB&TR who was your favorite character? Explain why.

Model Lesson: Ms. J will demonstrate how to…highlight scripts for characters.

 

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will locate key quotes from the play that describe their character and students will be able to explain the reasons for choosing those quotes. (main characters (Freddy, Sandy, Alice, Tommy, Al, Gimp; setting (hospital, apt, city,  pool hall, museum, park, funeral). 

 

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